Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-09-10
NEBRASKA.


be Il 800.
Some twenty citizens OF Endicott have
signed articles OF Incorporation Of the End
colt Milling association, and a fouting mtO
will be built ut that place Ia the near future.
Sid Flyte. a Hitchcock county horse thief,
| escaped from jail at Culbertson with the aid
of a friend and is now roaming at large, WITH
no particular effort being made to recapture
him.
Bob Franklin, who Is wanted IN Missouri
for horse stealing, highway robbery and muir.
der. visited his home at Paramount, Satur.
day. Although bis house was surrounded
bv al armed posse, he quietly left 10 about a
O'Clock In the morning unmolested.
Beaver City was filed with rejoicing lest
Wednesday over the completion OF the Bur
lington and Missouri branch TO that place.
The citizens turned out en- masse and wit
messed the driving OF the last spike and
raised a good sized purse and set 'em up
lfely to the workmen and empioyes-cisars,
lemonade, etc.
About $50 Of the delegates attending the
convention Of the national board OF charities
and corrections, II session at Omaha. visited
Lincoln Saturday. They were immediately
taken in charge by a committee Of CITIZENS,
and shown over the city. They proceeded to
the state insane hospital and state reniten-
tiary on a tour OF inspection.
The editor OF the Courier, the Lincoln 500
ciety paper, was attacked on the stairway OF
Funk,s opera house Saturday night by a. L.
Cameron, a merchandise broker OF that city
because the editor had maaeuncomplimentarg
reference to him In the Courier. They we're
parted before any severe damage resulted.
Cameron was arrested.
Fred Hedde, editor ana proprietor o. Grand
Island Independent, Was arrested Saturday
by w. II. Michael, charged With criminal
libel. The article on which the charge was
made appeared In Wednesdays issue. In IT
aedde charged Michael OF fishing All over
town to get an indorsemant, and failed to get
It, and several other similar remarks as TO his
person.
The Catholics of 81. Ann parish, In Web
ster county, INDUCED in a little religious riot
last week, which resulted in the priest having
about a dozen Ct his Practitioners arrested Tor
assault. The difficulty all grew out OF the
location of the church. The case against the
rioters has been adjourned to await the al
rival OF the bishop Of the diocese, who vii
endeavor to settle the dispute.
Twenty prisoners came near escaping from
the jail at Portsmouth Monday. During the
day some OF them had been out In the coIr'
| dor, and one concealed himself under a wash.
stand, when the iailrr supposed they had al
gone IN After the jailer went awav be sah-
fastened the door letting nem out. But they
were1 discovered, and after g little excite
ment were all returned behind the bars.
Considerable excitement was created In
Hastings by the discovery that &. e.. Armi-
| tage, Of the firm OF Armitage 81 raCgart, had
mgsteriausly disappeared from the city, leav'
| Ing a large firm Indebtedness and no money
behind. The sheriff has taken charge OF the
| store. Mr.. Taggart says he is ruined as nc
money was left. The firm owes the Exchange
| National bank $4,000 and various Other
amounts in the city.
John Shannahan, sentenced at The April
term Of the district court, to one year in the
state peuitentiary for shooting with intent &c
kill, who was pardoned by CIV. Thayer,
arrived home at Columbus, Wednesday. The
| pardon gives eminent satisfaction to al the
citizens.
Tuesday afternoon the hired man OF John
Bern, living two miles west OF Wahoo, sho'
| and fatally wounded Axel Bern, the seven
teen.year-old son of bis employer, while
tinke.ing with a A calibre revolver The
ball penetrated the chest Immediately under
the right arm.
w. II. Ramer, formerly proprietor OF th'
Pacific house in Beatrice, and now a resident
OF FaiIblry, was one OF the excnrsionist'
| who went down In the hideous Chatswortl
wreck. The conclusion knocked him insen'
sihle, and placed a trademark over his lei'
eye. He thanks his lucky star on escaping
with slight Injuries.
The further announcement at Camp ThayeI
is that Thursday at the camp viii be govern
or's day and a grand review of the troops ano
a reception. Friday will be the grand parade
and marching day, during which time the
| entire brigade of 1900 will march through
the principal streets OF the city. 1t viii be
one Of the great days Of tb, ancampment.
j. H. Meacham, of York, an atlas publisher,
was shot and instantly killed ly the scci'
dental discharge of a gun i'll the tands OF n,
w. Flasig, OF Red Cloud, while hunting just
east Of Ord Tuesday morning. Mr.. flasie
! says he knows the hammer Of the gun was
down, and thinks the Jolt caused 10y the vie
| TINS suddenly raising 70 fire must have, IN
some way, caused the discharge. A. y. Baker
of sabetha, Kan, one of the party, and the
| only witness to the tragedy, hod great diff
! Guilty In keepiI o Flasig from comm ling sui
eide on seeing what he had done, ,he dead
man leaves q wife and three daughters. A
coroner's jury are now holding an inquest.
A farmer named Quick, residing sever
miles north OF Lincoln, was attracted by the
antics Of the family dogs in the back yard
| They were barking and worrying about some
thing. A moment later and the walls OF an
infant were heard. Going to the yard be
found lying on the ground BIZ the dogs 3
three months old infant wrapped In an old
shawl and veil. The unwelcome visitor was
! cared for through the night, and y6sterd6y